(VBScript) SMTP NTLM Authentication

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Demonstrates how to specify NTLM authentication for sending email via SMTP.

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Dim fso, outFile
Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
'Create a Unicode (utf-16) output text file.
Set outFile = fso.CreateTextFile("output.txt", True, True)

' This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.MailMan")
set mailman = CreateObject("Chilkat.MailMan")

' Specify your particular mail server's SMTP settings.
mailman.SmtpHost = "smtp.my_mail_server.com"
mailman.SmtpPort = 587
mailman.StartTLS = 1

' This assumes you know your SMTP server supports NTLM authentication.
' To explicitly request NTLM authentication, set the SmtpAuthMethod property = "ntlm".
mailman.SmtpAuthMethod = "ntlm"

' Note: Normally you should avoid setting the SmtpAuthMethod.
' SMTP servers tell the connecting client the authentication methods it will accept when the initial connection is made.
' Chilkat will automatically use this information to select and use the most secure auth method supported by the server.

useCurrentWindowsUser = 1

If (useCurrentWindowsUser = 1) Then
    ' If you are running on Windows, and you wish for the NTLM credentials of the current logged-on Windows user to be used,
    ' set the username and password to the string "default"
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "default"
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "default"
Else
    ' Explicitly specify the SMTP username/password
    ' The SMTP username is your email account username, which is often your email address.
    mailman.SmtpUsername = "your_smtp_username_or_email_address"
    mailman.SmtpPassword = "your_password"
End If

' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Email")
set email = CreateObject("Chilkat.Email")

email.Subject = "This is a test"
email.Body = "This is a test"
' Don't forget to change this to use your email addresses..
email.From = "Chilkat Support <support@chilkatsoft.com>"
success = email.AddTo("Chilkat Admin","admin@chilkatsoft.com")
' To add more recipients, call AddTo, AddCC, or AddBcc once per recipient.

success = mailman.SendEmail(email)
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine(mailman.LastErrorText)
    WScript.Quit
End If

success = mailman.CloseSmtpConnection()
If (success <> 1) Then
    outFile.WriteLine("Connection to SMTP server not closed cleanly.")
End If

outFile.WriteLine("Mail Sent!")

outFile.Close